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Leviticus 8
is a very honest chapter from my perspective.
First of all, note how many times we are told that Moses, Aaron, and his
sons do exactly as the Lord commanded.
As we expect, especially in the book of Leviticus, the people follow the
commands of the Lord. The leaders of the
Hebrew people can be obedient. This is
inspiring, because it shows us that we as human beings are capable of listening
to God and following in His ways.
However, let’s
not forget the greater picture of this chapter.
While human beings are capable of obedience, the reality is that we do
not obey all the time. There is a reason
that a sacrifice had to be made over Aaron and his sons. They had sin in their life; their needed to
be atonement for their sin before they could participate in the sacrifices for
the atonement of others. They are
capable of obeying, but they don’t always do so.
This is why
I find this chapter to be very honest.
In the short term, human beings are capable of great feats of obedience
to the Lord. But when we zoom out and
look at the grand scope of life, each of us have sin within our life that God
must deal with. We can’t possibly be
perfect, but God deals with us anyways.
God wants us
to be His priests. He wants us to participate
in His plan. He wants us to help put His
grace on display for the world around us to see. He deals with our grand sinfulness. He longs for those moments where we can be obedient
and follow His guidance.
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